2016 (2) TMI 1068

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..... Present writ petition has been filed challenging the orders dated 24th June, 2013 and 14th August, 2013 passed by respondent No.1-CIC on the ground that it failed to appreciate that petitioner was an exempted organisation under the Right to Information Act, 2005 and could not be compelled to disclose information sought for in the RTI application. 2. None is present for the respondent No.2. On th .....

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..... an rights, the information shall only be provided after the approval of the Central Information Commission, and notwithstanding anything contained in Section 7, such information shall be provided within forty-five days from the date of the receipt of request." 5. Learned counsel for petitioner has handed over a copy of the Notification dated 27th March, 2008 which reads as under:- NOTIFICATION .....

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..... 8. Financial Intelligence Unit, India."; and (iv) Serial number 22 and the entry relating thereto shall be omitted." (emphasis supplied) 6. From the aforesaid Section and the Notification, it is apparent that the petitioner is an exempted organisation under the Right to Information Act. Even the information sought does not pertain to allegations of corruption and/or Human Rights Violation. .....

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